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Midsection Perfection

A Surefire Strategy for Rock Hard Abs!

By Tom Bonanti

Whether
your body is long and lithe, or built like a muscle tank, you
must admit that having a hard cut midsection is hot, desirable
and essential if you’re going to flaunt that shape in public.
What if I told you that there are three easy components to
getting really great abs? Well, they’re not so easy, but these
three elements go hand in hand and you cannot separate them if
you want an overall strategy for midsection perfection.

First, eat a low fat diet. Cut out all junk food and processed
foods from your diet. Eat five or six smaller meals more
frequently throughout the day. Never starve yourself thinking
that you’ll makeup for the previous days’ binging, because your
body will only store more fat this way. What you eat will show
up on your midsection sooner or later. And yes, cut your
drinking because more booze means more empty calories and more
calories translate into a nasty muffin top before you know it.
Drink more water when you go out and get your ass off that
barstool and circulate!

Secondly, you must do your
cardio work regularly and efficiently. Guys often feel that if
they’re doing abdominal and oblique exercises alone, they’re
slimming their waists. But they are only building those muscles
under a layer of stubborn fat. If you have a regular 9 a.m. – 5
p.m. job where you’re basically sedentary, then you probably
need to do cardio at least twice a week for 30 to 40 minutes –
longer sessions and more frequently depending upon how
overweight you are and how much time you spend on your fanny all
day long.

Thirdly, whether you do crunches or bent-knee
situps, there are five commandments that I always teach my
clients if they want leaner, stronger abdominals.

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1)
Looks aren’t everything! While strong, tight abdominals sure are
sexy to look at, there is an even greater advantage to having
them. The abs serve as a core for other muscle groups and you
rely upon them for so many other motions – lifting, swinging,
bending over, pushing and swinging and just about every sexual
position you can dream up! 2) Form is important when doing
ab exercises, but so is quantity. 3) Machines and fancy ab
devices are better than nothing, but these can’t beat
do-it-yourself floor work when it comes to tightening, toning
and defining a beautiful six pack. 4)
Yes, you can do abs everyday, unlike other major muscle groups,
but it never hurts to give them a day off once or twice a week.
5) Mix things up. Diversity is the key to challenging and
shocking those muscles to grow – it will also keep you from
getting bored. Crunch with the exercise ball, do standing
crunches, cross crunches and bent-knee lifts. You can even do a
sort of crunch seated at your work desk. The key is just work
your abs consistently and efficiently if you want to achieve the
results you’re craving!